Dinajpur
JP candidate for Dinajpur-2 Mahbubul Alam withdraws candidature
Jatiya Party (JP) candidate for Dinajpur-2 constituency Mahbubul Alam has withdrawn his candidacy, five days ahead of the 12th parliamentary election.
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Mahbubul Alam came up with the announcement at a press briefing held at local party office in Birol upazila of the district.
Contacted, the JP candidate said he withdrew his candidacy after being embarrassed by the questions of local voters about the election. "There is no threat or pressure from outside,” he said.
Attempt to set fire to rail track: BNP leader arrested in Dinajpur
Police today arrested a local leader of BNP from Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district in connection with a case filed over attempt to set fire to a rail track.
The arrestee was identified as Haidar Ali, joint secretary of Birampur unit of BNP.
Subrata Kumar, officer-in-charge of Birampur Police Station, said police arrested Haider from the upazila in the morning.
Earlier, a case was filed against eight identified people and several unidentified people in connection with the attempt to set fire to a rail track last night.
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Haidar was the prime accused in the case. He was handed over to Railway Police after primary interrogation.
“Police are trying to arrest the other accused in the case,” said the OC.
ATM Nurul Islam, in-charge of Parbatipur Railway Station, said miscreants are trying to destroy lives and property through sabotage activities on railways but their attempt was foiled due to strict surveillance by police.
Last night, law enforcers foiled miscreants’ attempt to set fire to a rail track in Birampur upazila of Dinajpur district.
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Mia Ranjan, sub-inspector of Birampur Police Station, said a group of people set fire to the slipper of rail tracks near No 2 Litchi Bagan in Birampur municipality area between 8 pm and 9 pm.
Noticing smoke, police and Ansar members rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze.
They also managed to halt the Khulna-bound Shimanto Express train, which was scheduled to go through the area, a few yards away, saving lives and property.
Two trucks torched in Dinajpur; police clueless on possible perpetrators
Miscreants set fire to two trucks in different areas of Dinajpur on Sunday, the first day of a 48-hour nationwide blockade called by the BNP-led opposition parties that are demanding the resignation of the incumbent government before holding elections.
A straw-laden truck was set on fire in the Jaliapara area of Dinajpur district around 9pm on Sunday.
Truck torched in Dinajpur
Shashra Union Parishad Chairman Moksed Ali Rana said miscreants sprinkled petrol on the truck and set it on fire.
Later, Fire Service and Civil Defence personnel brought the fire under control with the help of locals.
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On information, Additional Deputy Commissioner Debashish Chowdhury, UNO of Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Ramiz Alam and Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Farid Hossain visited the spot.
Another truck was set on fire in the Rampur area of Kaharole upazila in the district earlier on Sunday.
In that incident, the driver of the truck sustained injuries from the incident.
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Law enforcement agencies have failed to identify any suspects in either of the two incidents.
Derogatory remarks against judge: Dinajpur mayor offers unconditional apology
Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam appeared before the court on Thursday and offered an unconditional apology to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for making derogatory remarks against a judge of the division.
Mayor Jahangir appeared before the five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique and apologised.
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The court also exempted him from appearing before the court in person and set October 12 for the next hearing.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on August 17 summoned the mayor and asked him to appear before the court on August 24 in person for making derogatory remarks against a judge.
The court also asked the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the video containing the mayor's remarks from the internet.
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Four lawyers of the Supreme Court filed a contempt of court petition over the mayor making derogatory comments against Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division M Enayetur Rahim centring the verdict against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The four lawyers are advocates Harun-or-Rashid, Mahfuzur Rahman Roman, Md Moniruzzaman Rana and Shafique Raihan Shaon.
The SC also issued a rule asking the government to explain why Mayor Jahangir should not be punished under the contempt of court rule and why directives should not be given to issue a show cause notice against him.
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Advocate Shaha Manjurul Haque stood for the petitioners, while Attorney General AM Amin Uddin and Barrister Ruhul Kuddus represented the state and Mayor Jahangir, respectively.
Jahangir Alam was elected mayor of Dinajpur municipality in 2011.
Indian onions start arriving through land ports as import resumes
Onions from India have started arriving in Bangladesh through land ports on the border as the government announced resumption of onion import after over two months of restriction.
The agriculture ministry took the decision to allow importing onions on Sunday (June 4, 2023) considering the unusual price hike.
Two trucks loaded with 40 metric tonnes of Indian onions entered through Hili land port in Dinajpur at 5:45 pm today (June 6, 2023).
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Shahidul Islam, an importer, said, “There has been a shortage of imported onions in the country since mid-March. As a result, the price of local onions skyrocketed in both retail and wholesale markets after Eid-ul-Fitr.”
“In this situation, importers have been demanding that the government allow them to import onions from India, to keep the price stable. Keeping the traders and consumers in mind, the Ministry of Agriculture has given permission to import onions from India on Sunday,” he said.
Although the imported onions are yet to reach the market, prices have already started to go down as the news broke.
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Moinul Haque, a retail trader at Hili Bazar, said onions were being sold at Tk 80 per kg this evening – Tk 5 less compared to this morning.
“We may see a fall in onion prices in the coming days,” he said.
Meanwhile, 57 onion-carrying trucks from India have entered the country through Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj.
Prabhat Kumar Singh, assistant commissioner of customs at Sonamasjid land port, said the trucks carrying 1,097 metric tonnes of onions have entered Bangladesh.
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“Trucks are allowed to enter the port only after receiving IP approved documents,” he said.
The government stopped importing onions from India from March 16 this year to ensure fair prices for onions produced by local farmers.
2 dead after truck hits van in Dinajpur
Two people died after a truck hit a van in Chandapar area under Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila.
The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam, 50, and his nephew Ashraful Islam, 25.
Police arrested the truck driver and seized the truck.
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Kalam was driving the van. He and his nephew were collecting polythene from the area when a truck hit their van, said Abul Hasnat Khan of Parbatipur Model Police Station.
Their family is preparing to lodge a complaint, he said.
Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated in Dinajpur, Chandpur and Lalmonirhat in line with Saudi
The holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest Muslim religious festival, is being celebrated in some upazilas of Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat districts amid religious fervour in line with Saudi Arabia on Friday.
The early celebration comes a day before the nationwide celebration of Eid in Bangladesh on Saturday.
Our Dinajpur Correspondent adds: the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held in Sadar, Chirirbandar, Biral, Kaharole, Birampur upazilas of the district in participation with several thousands of Muslim devotees in the morning.
Members of some 300 Muslim families in the Sadar upazila offered their Eid prayer conducted by Biral upazila’s Maheshpur Madrasa Director Abdur Razzak at 7:45am.
Moreover, Muslim devotees in Saitara Rubber Dam of Chirirbandar, Kamdevpur and Kazipara of Biral, Bhabanipur of Kaharole, Binail and Jotabani of Birampur completed their Eid prayers in the morning.
In 2007, some Muslims of the upazilas started fasting and other religious activities keeping consistency with Saudi Arabia.
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On the other hand, Lalmonirhat Correspondent also adds: over 500 Muslims attended the Eid-ul-fitr prayer conducted by Maulana Abdul Majed at Munsipara Jame Masjid in Kaliganj upazila of the district at 9:15am.
Maulana Masum Billah, president of Munsipara Eidgaon Math, said they have been performing religious activities including Eid-ul-Fitr and Azha in line with Saudi Arabia with the belief that the Eid will be held on the same day across the world.
“Similarly we offered the Eid-ul-Fitr prayer in participation with over 500 Muslims as the moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia,” he said.
ATM Golam Rasul, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj police station, said police patrolled in Kakina, Tusbhandar and Chandrapur unions to ensure security of the Muslims who offered the Eid prayer keeping consistency with Saudi Arabia.
Residents of 40 villages in Chandpur district are also celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today amid much enthusiasm and religious fervour.
Two separate Eid jamaats were held at Shadra Darbar Sharif Maidan at 9am and Shadra Hamidia Fazil Madrasa Eidgah at 10am on Friday.
Eid-ul-Fitr prayers were held in Bolakhal, Olipur, Barakul, Shameshpur, Jakni, Ramchandrapur, Sreepur, Belcho, Rajargaon under Hajiganj upazila; Shachanmegh, Bigha, Ubharampur, Bajpara, Khila, Ottali, Balithuba, Shola, Rupsha, Goalbaor, Noahat, Bashara, Telishair, Paunsair, Kamata, Surangachaul, Paikpara, Mulpara, Munsirhat, Bholacho, Kaitara under Faridganj upazila; Aswinpur, Nayergaon, Panchani, Dashani, Mohanpur, Ekhlaspur and Beltali under Matlab upazila.
Biker killed as truck runs over him in Dinajpur
A 50-year-old biker was killed after police said a speeding truck ran over him in the Dosh Mile area Friday.
The deceased was identified as Anwar Hossain from the Bangibechaghat area of Dinajpur Sadar upazila, Sub-Inspector Noni Gopal of Dinajpur Highway Police said.
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"The accident occurred around 12:30pm as Anwar was on his way to a wedding. He fell on the road after being hit by a battery-run easy bike, he added. "Anwar died at the scene when the truck ran over him."
2 women killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur
Two women were killed in separate road accidents at Chirirbandar Upazila and Nawabganj Upazila of Dinajpur district on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Mariam Begum, 50, wife of late Afal Uddin, resident of Khuniyadighi area of Chirirbandar Upazila, and Rashida Begum, 60, wife of late Shamshul Haque, resident of Daudpur area under Nawabganj Upazila.
Nur Alam Siddique, Sub-inspector of Chirirbandar Police Station, said that a motorcycle hit Mariam Begum on Friday morning while she was sweeping dried leaves on the road for cooking fuel at Khuniyadighi area, leaving her critically injured.
Later, locals rescued her and took her to Chirirbandar Upazila Health Complex where she succumbed to her injuries at noon.
Bibhuti Bhushan Roy, Sub-inspector of Nawabganj Police Station, said that pedestrian Rashida Begum was going to Bhaduriya bazar on Friday noon when a picnic bus hit her, leaving her dead on the spot.
Man surrenders to police after ‘killing wife’ in Dinajpur
A man has surrendered to police allegedly after killing his wife at Ghasipara in Dinajpur district town on Friday night, said police.
The deceased was identified as Sumaiya Akter, 27, wife of Monwar Hossain of the area.
Sheikh Mohammad Jinnah, superintendent of Dinajpur police said Monwar used to live with his second wife Sumaiya on the 3rd floor of a building in the area after divorce with first wife.
Around 3am to 4 am on Friday night, he strangled Sumaiya to death and kept the body in a wardrobe of the house, he said quoting Monwar.
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Later, at 10 pm, Monwar went to the Kotwali Police Station and surrendered.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Dinajpur M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital.
Police are trying to unearth the motive behind the killing, said SP.